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dc.contributor.authorSpangen, Marte
dc.contributor.authorSalmi, Anna-Kaisa
dc.contributor.authorÄikäs, Tiina
dc.contributor.authorFjellström, Markus
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-05T14:40:52Z
dc.date.available2024-01-05T14:40:52Z
dc.date.issued2023-01
dc.description.abstractSaami traditions related to bear hunting and bear burials are quite well known, both from written and archaeological sources. However, the Saami also included bears in their repeated rituals at offering sites, which has been less explored. In this article, we present the archaeological sources for this offering tradition. Further, we discuss the chronology and geography as well as the content and context of such archaeological finds. As with bear burials, the deposition of bear bones at offering sites has not been a uniform tradition in all Saami communities, which gives an interesting insight into how rituals can both bind a community together and create boundaries with other groups.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSpangen, Salmi, Äikäs, Fjellström: Bear bones at Saami offering sites. In: Grimm O. Bear and Human: Facets of a Multi-Layered Relationship From Past to Recent Times with an Emphasis on Northern Europe , 2023. Brepolsen_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2181383
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1484/M.TANE-EB.5.134351
dc.identifier.isbn978-2-503-60611-8
dc.identifier.issn2736-7436
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/32357
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBrepols Publishersen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2023 The Author(s)en_US
dc.titleBear bones at Saami offering sitesen_US
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dc.typeBokkapittelen_US


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